Southeastern Louisiana University

Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-8
Weight:
Class: Junior
Hometown: Cypress, Calif.
Previous School: Cypress HS

Career Honors:
- 2008 All-Southland Conference (Second Team)
- 2008 All-Louisiana (Honorable Mention)
- 2007 All-Southland Conference Tournament (First Team)
- 2007 Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 24)
- 2007 Louisiana Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 23)

2008: Established herself as one of the Southland Conference’s top central midfielders, starting all 19 matches for the Lady Lions … A second team All-Southland Conference and honorable mention All-Louisiana choice … Tied for the team and SLC lead with eight assists … Finished second on the team with 16 points … Scored four goals on the year … Led the team and was eighth in the SLC with 45 shots … Assist total was tied for the fourth-highest single-season performance in program history … Scored the game-winning goal in overtime in a 2-1 victory at Lamar … Also scored goals in wins over Southern, UTSA and Nicholls State … Assisted the game-winning assists in 2-1 win over UTSA and 1-0 win over Central Arkansas … Had two assists apiece against Southern and Prairie View … Also posted assists at Arkansas State and Alabama State … Top returning scored for Lady Lions, who finished 10th in the nation in scoring in 2008.  

2007: Worked her way into the starting lineup midway through the season, competing in 10 matches with eight starts … Emerged as one of the team’s top players late in the year, finishing third on the team with five goals and 12 points … Ranked ninth in the Southland Conference with two game-winning goals … Broke out with a two-goal, two assist performance in a 7-0 rout of Lamar … Two days later, she scored the match’s only goal in a 1-0 win over SLC regular season champion McNeese State … She was named Offensive Player of the Week by the SLC and the LSWA after her efforts versus the Lady Cardinals and Cowgirls … Earned SLC All-Tournament honors after scoring both of Southeastern’s goals in its 2-0 first-round win over tourney host Northwestern State.

High School: Three-sport star at Cypress High School, excelling at soccer, volleyball and track … Named Empire League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, while also earning team MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors … Played for the Cypress Elite club team.

Personal: The youngest of Abel and Linda Santana’s four children … Has two older sisters, Elenda and Alisha, as well as an older brother, Abel … Undecided on major.